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FUGAZI

If history is kind to Fugazi, their records won't be overshadowed by their reputation and methods of operation. Instead of being known for their community activism, five-dollar shows, ten-dollar CDs, and resistance to mainstream outlets, they will instead be known for their intelligent songwriting and undeniably proficient musicianship, which drew from their roots in Washington, D.C. hardcore, as well as post-punk and dub reggae. Songs like "Waiting Room" and "Suggestion," as well as albums such as Repeater and Red Medicine, are considered post-hardcore benchmarks

"THE ARGUMENT"

tracklisting

Side A: UNTITLED - CASHOUT - FULL DISCLOSURE - EPIC PROBLEM - LIFE AND LIMB - THE KILL

Side B: STRANGELIGHT - OH - EX-SPECTATOR - NIGHTSHOP - ARGUMENT

2001      LP     DISCHORD RECORDS    DIS130V

MADE IN FRANCE for the U.S.A. & INTERNATIONAL MARKET  

U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + FOLDOUT INSERT

NOTES: dis130v: spine

dischord 130v: label, barcode sticker

Issued with full-colour folded insert of lyrics/artwork.

Recorded January and February 2001    Piano recorded at Dischord House

Mixed March and April 2001    Mastered at Abbey Road

Made in France     $9 p.p.      Track times are not listed.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: (sticker on shrink) 7 18751 96301 6

LABEL: DISCHORD - B&W ARTWORK LABEL w/BLACK RIM- WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: dis130v

Catalog on labels: dischord 130v 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): DIS 130V A3 6 LAST MASTER MPO

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): DIS 130V B3 BOW METRO NEW HANGOUT HEIGHTS 5 MPO

On labels: rim text "...........made in france..........."

On Back Cover: fugazi the argument (c) 2001 made in france

$9 p.p. in the U.S.........3819 Beecher St. Washington, D.C. 20007

grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

It's unfortunate that a band so forward looking as Fugazi has been criticized over and over for not remaking "Waiting Room" or "Repeater." Some have called them sellouts, regardless of the band's integrity and class, while others consider them elitists, "guiding" the Washington, D.C., scene. This could not be further from the truth. As the film and soundtrack to Instrument proved, this is a band that is only concerned with musical growth, with each album improving on its predecessor. But no album they have put together has the jump ahead that The Argument has. Being both ear-shattering and spine-tingling at once, this is Fugazi at their "musical" best. Incorporating melody with texture and their signature angular approach, the band has raised the bar for themselves and others once again. The first "full" track, "Cashout" (an anti-gentrification anthem), is classic stuff, with a subtle guitar line exploding into a screaming chorus, but this time there is less of an emphasis on the screaming and more on the gentle melody of the verse. Slower tracks like "The Kill" and "Life and Limb" touch on strange new territory. Gentle with sense of swagger, these songs lack none of the power that the band is known for, while the two-drum assault of "Ex-Spectator" (courtesy of Brendan Canty and second drummer Jerry Busher) has just as much potency on disc as it does live. And the final song, "Argument," with its rolling guitar lines, dreamy breakdown, and vocals that build from gentle to screaming, may be the best closer on a Fugazi record since "Promises." Listeners may be surprised to hear strings open up the record, or piano guiding the brilliant "Strangelight," but this is the album that proves once and for all that Fugazi has become a purely musical force...(AllMusic)